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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 2d

8 PhD projects announced in a joint programme of BOKU University @bokuvienna.bsky.social TU Vienna @tuwien.at University Vienna @univie.ac.at on Green Chemistry!
Check details via the link ⬇️
The first 2 projects will be realised in my lab at BOKU.
www.tuwien.at/greenchem/en...

A watercolor rendering of a combined electrochemical reduction of CO2 to methanol with yeast based conversion of methanol to chemicals

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 4d

🚂 Save the night trains Paris-Berlin and Paris-Vienna!
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...

🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne

Signez la pétition maintenant !

agir.greenvoice.fr

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Hanna Johannesson @hannajohannesson.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com

Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet

Jobb

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 10d

Published in Green Chemistry doi.org/10.1039/D5GC...

Synthetic autotrophic yeast enables high itaconic acid production from CO2 via integrated pathway and process design

Single carbon (C1) substrates are gaining importance as future feedstocks for the production of bio-based chemicals. Carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, offers a promising alternative to the tradi...

doi.org

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 10d

New paper out:
Based on our autotrophic yeast, we demonstrate the production of > 10 g/L itaconic acid directly from CO2. Great work by Özge Ata and her team, achieved by interlinked strain and process design.
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
#acib

Yeast cells assembling CO2 into itaconic acid.

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · 16d

REMINDER: There is only one week left to submit abstracts for our upcoming special issue on the three #yeast conferences of 2025. The deadline is on Tuesday 30th September. Hurry up and don't miss this opportunity!!!

More information and instructions on how to submit are in the post below 👇

Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!!
More info in the thread below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: International Yeasts Meetings of 2025

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 18d

Ok, ja gibt es und die tatsächliche Auswahl ist viel besser!
Mein favorite ist aber der Physikpreis.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 25d

And now for something completely different

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Enrico Orsi @eorsi.bsky.social · 26d

Please repost!

Postdoc in adaptive laboratory evolution and C1 synthetic metabolism!

Location: DTU Biosustain

🦠🧬🔬

Starting in 01/2026!

Fell free to reach out if you have questions!
efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · 27d

Für unsere Stabsstelle am Department für Naturwissenschaften und nachhaltige Ressourcen suchen wir ein*e Office Manager*in im Bereich Forschung. Deadline am 18.9.! Join a great team @bokuvienna.bsky.social

boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

boku.ac.at

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · 28d

This made me laugh so hard

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 28d

I want to start a new global movement:
Meetless Monday - we encourages people to reduce their meeting activity by one day each week for personal health and the planet's well-being.

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Yeast Journal @yeast-journal.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!!
More info in the thread below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Yeast Call for Papers: International Yeasts Meetings of 2025

Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Sep 3

That's content I am here for

Maxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 🐜 is there a Bluesky starter pack for researchers who don’t study ants but who get lightheaded every time there’s an awesome ant paper? CC @mariusw.bsky.social @jrichardalbert.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

www.nature.com

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Prioritising Microbiology in Secondary Education Addresses Emerging Scientific-Social-Educational Challenges and Competency Needs

#MicrobialBiotech by Lara Amorim, Conceição Santos, and Kenneth Timmis

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Prioritising Microbiology in Secondary Education Addresses Emerging Scientific‐Social‐Educational Challenges and Competency Needs

This work highlights how microbiology education can empower secondary school students with critical and systems thinking, fostering STEM literacy, overcoming barriers and preparing informed, responsi...

enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Angelina Gross @angegross.bsky.social · Aug 29

Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.

PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · Aug 29

"We found that the tipping point where the shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so. That is ... why we have to act really fast to cut down emissions,” says @rahmstorf.bsky.social in @theguardian.com's report on a new #AMOC study: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · Aug 25

BOKU University in Vienna is recruiting a full professor for Biochemistry! Check out the description below, apply and join us in beautiful Vienna.
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
🧪🧪🧪

short.boku.ac.at/53e6g6

Biochemie / Biochemistry::BOKU

short.boku.ac.at

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ja, aber DNA ist da noch der 2. Und der 3. Grund

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Aug 23

Das ist für mich der erste und wichtigste Grund auf allen Geräten die Autokorrektur auszuschalten

Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · Aug 23

Dem Menschen, der dafür verantwortlich ist, dass Microsoft Word "DNA" automatisch auf "DANN" ausbessert, wünsche ich von Herzen, dass alle seine fallengelassenen Marmeladebrote mit der bestrichenen Seite nach unten auf dem Boden aufkommen.

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today in the local foodstore
🎅 is coming soon!

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Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social · Aug 18

An open W2 Professorship position in Molecular Crop Improvement at my Institute @uni-muenster.de! Excellent scientific environment and great conditions for Plant Research 🔬🍅🫛🥒🌽🍓🍎🥔- now open for applications !

Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭

Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social

Please PM if you got questions.

stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...

Professorship (W2-level) in “Molecular Crop Improvement”

stellen.uni-muenster.de

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Aug 17

Gibt es beim Ig-Nobelpreis eigentlich eine Friedenskategorie?

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Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · Aug 15

About one week left to apply for this PhD position in my group! Are you a computational chemist, with an interest in protein-protein interactions? Apply soon and join us in beautiful Vienna!

#compchem 🧪 @bokuvienna.bsky.social
@biotop-phd.bsky.social

Chris Oostenbrink @mms-boku.bsky.social · Jul 8

We will have a fully funded PhD position available in the context of out doctoral program Biomolecular Technology of Proteins. The project involves simulations of protein-protein interactions. Join us in beautiful Vienna and check out biotop.boku.ac.at/application2...

#compchem

BioToP

biotop.boku.ac.at

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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · Aug 12

⏰ #histstm #medhums Postdoc ⏰
3-year position in Public Engagement at Medical Museion Copenhagen in a research project on personalized medicine
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Postdoc in Public Engagement around Personalized Medicine (Let's Get Personal)

employment.ku.dk

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify!

We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝

Applications are due October 6 2025.

careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C...

#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

careers.uoguelph.ca

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Diethard Mattanovich @dmattanovich.bsky.social · Aug 11

Just 5 more days to register and submit your abstract!
If you are working on Recombinant Protein Production, RPP12 is the conference to go! Oct. 7-9, Ulm, Germany.
Abstract submission and early bird registration still open until August 15!
www.efbiotechnology.org/RPP

banner informing about the conference Recombinant Protein Production RPP12, 7-9 October 2025, in Ulm in Germany

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